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M. Vitrvvii Pollionis De architectvra libri decem, ad Caes. Avgvstvm, omnibus omnium editionibus longè emendatiores, collatis veteribus exemplis

by: Vitruvius Pollio; Philandrier, Guillaume, 1505-1565; Agricola, Georg, 1494-1555

Publication date: 1586

Topics: Architecture

Publisher: [Lyon] : Apvd Ioan. Tornaesivm, typogr. reg. lvgd.

Collection: getty; americana

Contributor: Getty Research Institute

Language: Latin

Reprint of the elder de Tournes' ed. of 1552. Vitruvius' text in Latin, Philandrier's commentary in italics. Port. of Philandrier on p. [16], 1st sequence. The folded plate is a Latin inscription (facing p. 178). De Tournes' device with snakes on last leaf. Some of the ill. may be by Bernard Salomon; see Mortimer

Bibliography: 4th-5th prelim. leaves

Mortimer, R. French 15th-cent.

Binding: old calf, tooled in gilt along edges of boards. Rebacked, preserving original backstrip tooled in gilt in a design of leafy branches, incorporating title: VITRVVI / CVM.NOT / PHILAN

Inscription at upper right corner of t.p. erased, preserving date 1836. At foot of t.p. is signature: DeChatigny